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There is some alarming news, I didn't want to post every headline and flood Tildes, so I'm making this post. If anyone feels any are important enough to post one separately, do feel free.

• Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
• Hungarian drones breach Ukraine's airspace, Zelensky says
• Boat strikes, warships and Venezuela rhetoric raise questions about Trump’s goals
• Chinese drone experts worked with sanctioned Russian arms maker, sources say
• Germany considers offensive space capabilities as Russia tracks its military satellites
• Trump says he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank
• Palestinians in West Bank stranded as Israel shuts only international crossing
• North Korea is close to having an ICBM that can hit the U.S. with a nuclear weapon, South Korean leader says

I check in on https://www.newsminimalist.com/ sometimes, I might have it bookmarked from here originally, but anyways, most of this news is from there

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Since the election, and especially in the last couple of weeks, I’ve had an incredibly difficult time focusing on important tasks.

I get a bit nihilistic at the worst times, wondering what the point of my day job is with what feels like the collapse of society happening around us. It’s also been a really stressful month or so at work, which doesn’t help with trying to focus on the edge of burnout.

The last few days have been incredibly unproductive, but also not restful. I’m just sort of stuck in a loop.

Anyone out there feeling the same, or does anyone have suggestions for getting out of this loop?

I'm curious to hear stories. Aside from generally higher prices, I've been mostly ok. But yesterday I was going to order a t-shirt to support a game developer, and was surprised to see the total doubled at checkout. I thought it might be shipping at first since it was an international order, but upon closer inspection I saw the tariff charge adding a whopping $30 to my $30 t-shirt order

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